Our Bethany Beach Vacation

Our family had a wonderfully relaxing vacation this summer! We typically go to Ocean City, Maryland, but this year decided to try Bethany Beach, Delaware. We LOVED it there! It was a family-friendly beach with many quaint shops and a real “small-town” feel. I don’t think we’ll be heading back to Ocean City anytime soon after being at Bethany! Here’s a slew of pictures detailing our trip:

Those little blue and red specks at the end of the ramp are my girls

making their first bee-line to the ocean upon arrival Saturday night!

Nearly there…

Cool dip in the ocean at sunset…life is GOOD!

Ana and her cousin Ethan sharing the bubbles

My husband Chris holding Ana and our nephew Nathan and Pappap

Chris and Emma

A smiley and happy Ana!

Burying each other in the sand is fun!

A nice family picture

We played games

Buried our feet in the sand

Rode some wild water noodles in the pool

Went to an awesome Fourth-Of-July parade

But we missed the fireworks! We stayed in a condo which was in a cul-de-sac

and we got a huge rain storm on the Fourth and this is what the street outside

our place looked like with several inches of rainwater!

Water up over the curb didn’t dampen our spirits…

We just went swimming with all the neighbors!

We spent time cuddling…

making cookies…

and Emma even took some time to spend with the neighborhood

girls selling lemonade!

Aunt Lorrie, Mimi and Ethan were beach bums

Chris and Emma prefered riskier activities in the waves…

although they did dodge a few!

The men played in the waves

Ana played in the sand…

but Emma just loved the water!

The family in a hole they dug

Ana is much less of a risk taker and avoided the waves at all costs…especially

after being wiped out one time – here she is running away from an upcoming wave!